This article provides some useful insight on how the Burmese Spitfires legend began, and whether it should be given any credit. It is by no means an optimistic conclusion that is drawn by Derek Tonkin, especially for those who still want to hope that the Spitfires will show up, but an interesting read altogether.

The Burma spit dig is still progressing and the press failed to clarify that fact, that only the backers had left the sites.David Cundall the project leader is still there and is still attempting to recover spitfires at one or more of the three sites with a crate to be brought up to examined soon…..its not over just yet …

it looks to be over with no new updates for weeks from david and would guess no sign of anything.it sounds like the Burmese government would not let them dig were the reported eye witness claim the spits were pushed into the gound…